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Definition of Gripmen
1. gripman [n] - See also: gripman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gripmen
Literary usage of Gripmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme by Illinois Supreme Court (1904)
"Defendant had over five hundred gripmen and conductors running its trains, ...
The defendant had two lists,—one of conductors and the other of gripmen,—and ..."
2. The New York Electrical Handbook: Being a Guide for Visitors from Abroad (1904)
"... the adoption of cable power on Broadway in 1893, a school of instruction for
the "gripmen" (as the drivers of the cable cars were called) was started. ..."
3. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1915)
"Persons employed as drivers, conductors, motormen or gripmen. ... All applicants
for positions as motormen or gripmen on any street surface railroad in this ..."
4. Bulletin of the Department of Labor by United States Dept. of Labor (1905)
"It will be seen from this table that the hours of labor of drivers were considerably
longer than those of gripmen .and motormen. ..."
5. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1903)
"Drivers, gripmen, and motormen of street cars are obliged at all times to exercise
reasonable care in the conduct of their cars; but the requirement of ..."
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